The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-01
County Gossip.

The Free Press of Streator suggests 70
'the young man Dwyer," elected super.
visor of Ottawa during a period of hood
Ter excitement" that 'the Roscoe Conkling
act" won't work. The advice is gratuitous
He has found that out some time since.
The Times is hardly an unparalleled
party In the matter of heating the Court
House. 1t has been cranky on the subject
for years. 1t may be that the present sys-
tenn is inherently defective and defec-
lively constructed" but as the Times can
not be credited with being an expert In the
matter its opinion is not decisive. Indeed,
no expert has as yet had anything to do
with the business. All Supervisors are ex.
perts of course; yet before $4,000 ap-
paratus Is thrown out On the rubbish pile
1t would seem to be good sense that the
Board should get the opinion of an expert
in that line and know absolutely what is
the matter Then, If the system is fraud,
throw it cut and buy another. But it seems
remarkable, that system that is unques-
tionably working satisfactorily and econo
mically in other States cannot be made to
operate in the same way in La Sale county.
When Supervisor Dryer tied string to
his resignation and last week threw il at
the town board, he anticipated that good
vigorous jerk would fetch it back to him;
that after he got it back his admirers
would probably call mass meeting and
protest against his resignation; that he
would be forced to hold On in the inter.
est of economy, reform and no boodler-
ISM and all that sort of thing. But the
string broke. The Board fastened to &C.
cept it-hustled about it, in fact; and be-
fore the latest edition of Conkling knew
what was up, the Board had elected Mr. J.
F. Reed his successor. Mr.. Reed, however,
positively declined the place. Under the
circumstances the office is not desirable
one. If the bills Dwyer objects to are paid
the taxpayers may protest; If they are not
paid the town may have lawsuit on Its
hands. Either horn of the dilemma is
uninviting. When Mr.. Reed declined the
Board cast about and selected Mr. G. S.
Cullen, son of Hon. William Cullen. While
they might have selected an older man
one of more experience in town and county
affairs-the selection is still not bad one.
Mr.. Cullen is young man, but has lots of
good sound sense, and is not credited with
any special desire to make an exhibition of
himself and will attend to the business in a
businesslike way. Mr.. Dwyer clustered a
little at first on finding, like Conkling, he
was left" but at length made up his mind
that he could show his good sense by sue
cunt ing to the inevitable and surrender
his books without any further nonsense,
which he agreed to do. On Thursday,
however, after the business was wound up
and his successor had qualified, he called
on Mr.. Tryon, j. p, with another resigna-
ton which he said he desired TO hand in
so as to "settle all controversy" and fill all
the legal requirements. Mr.. Tryon sug-
gested that as he (Dwyer) was no longer
Supervisor, he didn't see the necessity of
another resignation. Mr.. Dwyer said there
was illegal point, of course" but never
theless he was at that time the Supervisor,
and desired Mr.. Tryon's signature as j. P.
to the resignation which, he said, he would
then take to Esq, Larkin for his signature,
which would then make his resignation
illegal" &c, SC. Mr. Tryon declined to
"put his foot in it, by repudiating his
record of the days previous, and the drama
closed with an anti climax, Mr.. Dwyer dat
ing the paper back to the date of his resig-
nation when it was accepted by the two
justices, after which he turned his books
over TO his successor.